Cooper Brown

Cooper Brown (1864-) was a rancher from Emerald Ranch, Oklahoma during the late 19th century.

Biography
Cooper Brown was born in Emerald Ranch, Oklahoma in 1864, and he worked as a rancher and entered into a relationship with ranch maid Lily Millet. In 1899, the couple took out a loan from loanshark Leopold Strauss, and Brown squandered their money, causing the two to argue about their finances. Strauss sent outlaw Arthur Morgan to collect the debt, and he confronted the two during an argument and demanded the money. Lily told Cooper to give Arthur everything he had, but Cooper instead picked a fight with Arthur to teach him some manners. In the ensuing fight, Arthur knocked Cooper out, and Lily told Arthur that he could find the debt money on Cooper. Arthur then took the money from Cooper's pockets and left.